Tuesday, July 17, 2012

"Tons of gay couples" among Olympic athletes?

In Australian gunman competing at the London Olympics has said it is ‘stupid’ he and his wife are not allowed to share a room while ‘tons of gay couples’ representing Australia can.

Russell Mark said the couple was being penalised for opposing the Australian Olympic Committee’s ban on sleeping pills and for his wife’s appearance in a bikini on the cover of a men’s magazine.

The AOC, which Mark criticised, has said that it is not its responsibility but that of the shooting delegation which rooms in the Olympic Village the couple occupy.

Mr Mark further complained that while he and his wife were not allowed to room together, gay athlete couples could, although there are no known gay couples representing Australia at the Olympics.

He said: “The stupid part of this, which I have argued to them, is that there are tons of gay couples on the Olympic team who will be rooming together so we are being discriminated against because we are heterosexual.